[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 393 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 393

To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from transferring any national 
forest system lands in the Angeles National Forest in California out of 
          Federal ownership for use as a solid waste landfill.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 10 (legislative day, January 30), 1995

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from transferring any national 
forest system lands in the Angeles National Forest in California out of 
          Federal ownership for use as a solid waste landfill.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN TRANSFERS OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall not transfer 
(by exchange or otherwise) any land owned by the United States and 
managed by the Secretary as part of the Angeles National Forest to any 
person unless the instrument of conveyance contains a restriction, 
enforceable by the Secretary, on the future use of the land prohibiting 
the use of any portion of the land as a solid waste landfill.
    (b) Enforcement.--The Secretary shall act to enforce a restriction 
described in subsection (a) as soon as possible when and if a violation 
of the restriction occurs.
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